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I've had my three year old hermann tortoise since the end of September (2013) and ever since getting it it has never had a huge appetite, at first I put this down to the relocation and a new environment, but it's now mid November and she still isn't eating... I have tried a range of weeds from my garden, bought some cress, and even tried a naughty bit of pear the other day, which it loved but now won't even eat that!
I'm posting on here because I have just got back from the vets who said that everything seems to be fine, its just the weather, no sign of mouth rot or anything... I declined "an injection to get the appetite going" as I wasn't really sure what that was...
I Understand that it's winter and I'm in the UK and temps outside are at about 3-5 degrees C
I'll attach a photo of where it lives, the daytime temp is about 30 degrees up the warm end and at night drops to around 20, an humidity is about 60%
Have absolutely no idea what to do, I hate the idea of tube feeding it, which the vet said he could eventually do [WEARY FACE]
Whoops, I should have added:
i know it's winter and they slow down, I didn't want to hibernate it because it is so light anyway and also because I wanted to get to know it's eating habits first anyway- I also understand this was a bad time to get a tortoise :3
I am bathing it in warm water once or twice a week
And it's not popping that I can see, unless it's eating it's poo, but if not it's probably because it's not eating
I don't know what else I can do
I'm posting on here because I have just got back from the vets who said that everything seems to be fine, its just the weather, no sign of mouth rot or anything... I declined "an injection to get the appetite going" as I wasn't really sure what that was...
I Understand that it's winter and I'm in the UK and temps outside are at about 3-5 degrees C
I'll attach a photo of where it lives, the daytime temp is about 30 degrees up the warm end and at night drops to around 20, an humidity is about 60%
Have absolutely no idea what to do, I hate the idea of tube feeding it, which the vet said he could eventually do [WEARY FACE]
Whoops, I should have added:
i know it's winter and they slow down, I didn't want to hibernate it because it is so light anyway and also because I wanted to get to know it's eating habits first anyway- I also understand this was a bad time to get a tortoise :3
I am bathing it in warm water once or twice a week
And it's not popping that I can see, unless it's eating it's poo, but if not it's probably because it's not eating
I don't know what else I can do
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